Down There On A Visit - Softcover

Christopher Isherwood

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816633673 ISBN 13: 9780816633678

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1999

Synopsis

Christopher Isherwood originally intended Down There on a Visit to be part of The Lost, the unfinished epic novel that would also incorporate his famous Berlin Stories. Tracing many of the same themes as that earlier work, this novel is a bemused, sometimes acid portrait of people caught in private sexual hells of their own making. Its four episodes are connected by four narrators. All are called "Christopher Isherwood, " but each is a different character inhabiting a new setting: Berlin in 1928, the Greek Isles in 1933, London in 1938, and California in 1940. Down There on a Visit is a major work that shows Isherwood at the height of his literary powers.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) was born outside Manchester, England. He lived in

Berlin from 1929 to 1933 and emigrated from Europe to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books.

Review:

“Stunning. I can think of no better word.” ―Dorothy Parker, Esquire

“This is probably Isherwood's best novel. It offers the sheer pleasure of writing completely personal and yet completely controlled, radiant with observation, never wasting a word, funny and sympathetic.” ―Stephen Spender, The New Republic

“This excellent novel . . . may be the best Christopher Isherwood has written . . . A deeply intelligent and quietly compelling story.” ―Gerald Sykes, The New York Times

“This is the best of Mr. Isherwood's novels.” ―Cyril Connolly, The Times (London)

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0816633673
• ISBN 13: 9780816633678
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320